-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I agree. I have never had a problem using RCON to manage all my servers. Even now when we have Mani Mod on our pubs I prefer to use RCON.
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:05:57, Dan Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 05:25 PM 12/6/2005 -0800, Chris Curtis wrote: > > > >You know Alfred, those "Third Party Tools" are only necessary because > >someone is either too lazy or too cheap to develop a decent remote > >management GUI for their server product. > > Not to put too fine a point on it, but the dedicated server is > free, so if you want to run a server you pay a grand total of zero > dollars to Valve. Alfred and the dev team are spending, let's say > $30/man-hour to make their free server work better with third-party > mods and fix bugs we as server admins complain about. Did I mention > that a DS3 worth of bandwidth (45Mbps) that might handle one or two > of the Valve content servers is several thousand dollars a month and > Valve isn't making money off serving these updates, and has purchased > many times that bandwidth just to serve updates and VAC and > the authentication packets? Did I mention that those thord-party > mods are also free to you from dedicated people who work with > Valve via the developers list and provide the fruits of their > efforts at no cost for the love of the game? > > Valve has put their money where their product is. Hundreds > of third-party programmers have made tools and plugins available > for free that you may use if you wish. > > In contrast, you've not developed an admin tool, so the > "too lazy" portion of your argument is merely cheap talk from > somebody who intends to let somebody else do the work and then > complain if it isn't suitable, even with a cost of zero to you. > > Like I said, not to put too fine a point on it, but I > see two groups who have put up their ante. Complaining to Alfred > and Valve Software about actually having to expend effort on > admin duties for something you decided to try on your own > with no expense on your part sounds like sour grapes to me, > particularly as somebody else is writing the tool for you. > > Note to Alfred: NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM > > - Dan > > * Dan Sorenson DoD #1066 A.H.M.C. #35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * Vikings? There ain't no vikings here. Just us honest farmers. * > * The town was burning, the villagers were dead. They didn't need * > * those sheep anyway. That's our story and we're sticking to it. * > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -- - YankeeDeuce www.strafeRight.com -> strafeRight.cs.css -> #strafeRight -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
